Jojo I'm in the sunny north west lol! I've not weighed myself in a few weeks but last time
I did I had gained 11lb, most of which was in first tri (I blame Christmas) but haven't gained as much during 2nd tri. Last pregnancy I gained 2 stone and was up to 13 stone 4 when dd was born but within 6 weeks that had all dropped off. Sadly I still had my mummy tummy pouch when I got pregnant again though so this time I aim to tone my tummy more lol!!
Elephant I'm sorry for your losses Hun. I had a loss too before my dd and it's such a hard thing to go through. Your rainbow will be worth all of this though. I know my rainbow daughter is.
I had a similar experience with dd's pregnancy when I was 24 weeks to you, I woke with what felt like contraction pain and it turned out to be a water infection. All was ok though, hope it's cleared up for you.
As for the sleep I'm afraid not much helps as we get later in pregnancy, just little things that make you more comfortable like a body pillow or a wedge under bump, sleep whenever you can, try to limit caffeine after midday (I still have a cup or two of coffee a day but after not sleeping well I stopped having one later than 12 and this seemed to help), also I don't share my bed with df at the minute as he wakes me up and this helps. Makes me a bit sad to lose that closeness for a while but it's better that I get my sleep otherwise I am such a cranky cow lol!!
Time waster I can't wait for that, the interaction between my babies coz of their closeness is age. My and my brother are 4 years apart and it meant from our teens we were worlds apart. How did your dd1 cope with the arrival of dd2? I'm not sure how dd will cope with sharing me lol!
Lovely Laura same question to you, how did dd1 cope with the arrival of dd2? I bet it's so exciting to bring home a sibling for them! And I agree I hope these next three months go quickly!! When I had dd I missed my bump and was jealous of pregnant women but it's amazing how much I forgot about the aching and fatigue, heartburn, sore hips, toothache (my babies must leach me of calcium!!) and now a new weird symptom, sore scalp and hair follicles!!! Is it July yet lol!! Plus I just want him here safely.
Tanya hi! Ooh an Independence Day baby! I get you on the heartburn, little tip my friend gave me, don't drink too much milk. Although it soothes heartburn initially it then sours in your stomach and makes it more acidic causing more heartburn!! Apparently! And I think 18lbs is about average at this stage, they say usually a woman will gain between 20-30lbs in total so we are all doing fine. And a lot of it really will just drop off in the first few weeks, don't forget we are storing fat for milk supplies right now.
Loup I was the same with maternity clothes last time but found it easier this time coz of time of year, I've just bought some maternity maxi dresses and currently wear them with leggings when it's colder lol! Then when I have ds they will just hang loosely over my mummy tummy whilst I'm attempting to lose the extra pounds lol! I am struggling with trousers though as I get too hot in over the bump ones and the under bump ones feel too tight even though they are hanging off my bum lol!
Moomin hi! You'll have to show us your 4d scan pic when you have it! I was gonna do one too but we are a little skint this month so decided to leave it, it's a trek to the nearest scan place anyway. Let me know if it's worth it though I may change my mind!!
As for labour it is scary, I'm still scared and it's second time for me lol! I can tell you anything about induction, labour until the pushing stage and emergency c sections but as for the pushing a human out of my lady bits that bit will be new to me and scares me lol!! My labour wasn't the way I wanted it but it wasn't traumatic as such. It is a bit of a fog as Diana said, I ask my df was I bad in labour, did I scream etc coz you don't really remember you just know it bloody hurts lol! But you get through and the feeling after when you hold your baby makes it pale in comparison really. It's cliched but it's all worth it lol, plus the adrenaline rush is awesome too (if you aren't throwing up like me haha!!).
Diana I agree we should treat ourselves, we are growing a human after all lol!! Is your LO aware of a little sister on her way?
Callypogous hypnobirthing looks amazing, I wish I'd looked into it but then I couldn't have used it much anyway after being induced. I have a friend who used it and had a lovely birth. She also had a tens machine and recommends it, have you looked into one of those? I'm getting one off eBay but not yet, need to make sure I won't end up with a ELCS yet.
Beau hi fellow vbac hopeful! My story is similar, I also was induced had waters broken and ended in EMCS. Is your consultant ok with vbac? Mine encouraged it but said no induction so I will be doing everything I can to get labour going naturally!! I am going to start taking RLT at about 34 weeks too if my MW says it's ok.
Wow really long post there but just wanted to catch up wth everyone!!!!
I consider everything "a symptom" and I am so glad I can come look it up here and get some relief 
